Thursday, July 21, 2011

Tyrannosaurus rex brain endocast still shots

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Justin Hall

One of the things Mike and I want to do with this blog is post extra animations and photos for research that we've done, or a colleague has done. There are lots of cool videos and pictures that get created during projects and most people don't get a chance to see anything, but the finished project.

I created a digital version of a Tyrannosaurus rex brain endocast for the LA County Natural History Museum's new dinosaur exhibition that just opened last weekend using CT scans of our sub-adult T. rex that has been nicknamed Thomas. Here are a couple of the still shots I created for our exhibition and multimedia team to work with in assembling the new display.

I posted a series of shots from lateral view (from the side) and from dorsal view (looking down at the top of the skull). The brain endocast is visible in red. I'll post some video of this later tonight.--JTH

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I posted a series of shots from lateral view (from the side) and from dorsal view (looking down at the top of the skull). The brain endocast is visible in red. I'll post some video of this later tonight.

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